What happens when bad criticism happens to good people? Annoying the Victorians sets the tradition of critical discourse and literary criticism on its ear, as w

What happens when bad criticism happens to good people? Annoying the Victorians sets the tradition of critical discourse and literary criticism on its ear, as w

"Suppose that everything we think we know about the Victorians is wrong." So begins Inventing the Victorians by Matthew Sweet, a compact and mind-bending whirlw

Originally published: London, John Lane; New York, John Lane Comapny, 1909. with a new introduction.

Explores the current preoccupation with child molesting and children's sexuality and the ways that this degree of fascination is itself suspect.